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president obama, as mitch mcconnell pointed out, it has never asked for a private meeting. years into his first term. he finally did meet with him, but he got off to a poor relationship with the more northerly leader in the senate who has effective control over the senate floor. because of the power of the minority now, senator mitch mcconnell would have to work with democrats, even if mitt romney was president. there was so much power that the minority had -- and if republicans control everything, they are still going to have to work with you democrats. jon: we are pointing out the president obama has laid the lack of progress at the feet of republicans. yet, he had democratic majorities in the house and senate his first two years in office. he didn't a lot with it. all right, a.b. stoddard. >> i like to blame both parties speak to tropical storm isaac. the states are trying to figure out the appropriate response. as well as the white house and news media. hurricane ivan, which one will be the bigger event between isaac and the convention? in the meantime, republicans are
president obama, as mitch mcconnell pointed out, it has never asked for a private meeting. years into his first term. he finally did meet with him, but he got off to a poor relationship with the more northerly leader in the senate who has effective control over the senate floor. because of the power of the minority now, senator mitch mcconnell would have to work with democrats, even if mitt romney was president. there was so much power that the minority had -- and if republicans control...
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that is what mitch mcconnell, the republican senate leader is trying to say that they will do. i think we're not yet sure whether that will be the case or not. it is going to take some investigating to see it. it might all come down to what the senate parliamentarian says which we'll have to see later. jon: again it would have been fascinating to be a fly on the wall for all those supreme court discussions again supposedly, anthony kennedy working real hard to persuade the chief justice to change his vote. there must have been some fascinating dynamics going on there. >> absolutely. jon: erin mcpike, from "real clear politics". thank you. >> thank you. jenna: we were talking wither run in d.c. we're lucky we have power in our studios. jon: maybe it is emergency generators. jenna: millions are without power from d.c. all the way down the coast to the midwest. brutal heat bearing down in big swaths of our country. we'll tell you how those affected are trying to cope and what is3x ahead weatherwise as well. jon: it wasn't that long ago that asteroids slammed into the earth flatten
that is what mitch mcconnell, the republican senate leader is trying to say that they will do. i think we're not yet sure whether that will be the case or not. it is going to take some investigating to see it. it might all come down to what the senate parliamentarian says which we'll have to see later. jon: again it would have been fascinating to be a fly on the wall for all those supreme court discussions again supposedly, anthony kennedy working real hard to persuade the chief justice to...
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reid piled on a little bit late yesterday afternoon and senate republican leader mitch mcconnell responded. take a listen. >> speaker boehner should call members of the house back to washington today. he shouldn't have let them two in fact. they're not here. they're not here. john boehner seeps to care more about keeping his speakership than about keeping the nation on firm financial footing. >> reporter: there have been all eyes on senator mitch mcconnell, the republican leader, the counterpart to harry reid because he has been pretty quiet early on in the negotiations. was defering speaker boehner to give the republican side. after hearing senator reid yesterday, senator mcconnell fired back. take a listen. >> we're coming up against a hard deadline here and i said, this is a conversation we should had months ago. and republicans aren't about to write a blank check for anything senate democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff. >> reporter: now senator mcconnell also said he was disappointed because when he got a call from the president two nights ago r
reid piled on a little bit late yesterday afternoon and senate republican leader mitch mcconnell responded. take a listen. >> speaker boehner should call members of the house back to washington today. he shouldn't have let them two in fact. they're not here. they're not here. john boehner seeps to care more about keeping his speakership than about keeping the nation on firm financial footing. >> reporter: there have been all eyes on senator mitch mcconnell, the republican leader,...
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there was a fund-raiser in chicago last friday where he picked up on that criticism from mitch mcconnell and other republicans who call it derisively, obamacare. fine. call it obamacare. obama does care, the president said, about kids that diabetes and illness or preexisting conditions because they're covered in health insurance because of this new law. they will be as aggressive on the trail as republicans are in terms of knocking it defending that law but today they're not doing it. jenna: what did the president say about those talking about the anniversary. he said what? >> reporter: jay carney called it knuckleheaded reporting. i don't know who he was referring to in particular making a big deal out of the anniversary. i don't think he is refering to you that we're making a big deal of it. i think he thinks of world of you. jay carney is former reporter for "time" magazine. i seem to remember "time" magazine doing a lot anniversary stories. this is not a big deal the media making a lot out of an anniversary but maybe the white house doesn't want to talk about. jenna: we report, you d
there was a fund-raiser in chicago last friday where he picked up on that criticism from mitch mcconnell and other republicans who call it derisively, obamacare. fine. call it obamacare. obama does care, the president said, about kids that diabetes and illness or preexisting conditions because they're covered in health insurance because of this new law. they will be as aggressive on the trail as republicans are in terms of knocking it defending that law but today they're not doing it. jenna:...
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this is spokesperson from senator mitch mcconnell's office. last night the president called senator mcconnell, the first democrat to do so on the fiscal cliff since thanksgiving and other leaders to talk about the need for the senate to act. the leader is happy to review what the president has in mind but to date the senate democrat majority has not put forward a plan. when they do members on both sides of the aisle will review the legislation and make decisions on how to best proceed, end quote. this is a serious back and forth. let's get some perspective. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live for us in washington. a short time ago, another key lawmaker did not sound very optimistic, mike. >> reporter: harris, you would be right. that would be senate majority leader harry reid. seemed kind of irritated that house republicans and all house members are not here in washington trying to work out a deal on the fiscal cliff. here is more from leader reid a short time ago. >> if we go over the cliff and it looks like that's where we
this is spokesperson from senator mitch mcconnell's office. last night the president called senator mcconnell, the first democrat to do so on the fiscal cliff since thanksgiving and other leaders to talk about the need for the senate to act. the leader is happy to review what the president has in mind but to date the senate democrat majority has not put forward a plan. when they do members on both sides of the aisle will review the legislation and make decisions on how to best proceed, end...
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the president made a according to mitch mcconnell the fight is far from over. he says the problem is much more than free contraceptives. >> this issue will not go away until the administration simply backs down. they don't have the authority under the first amendment to the united states constitution to tell someone in this country or some organization in this country what their religious beliefs are. jenna: a big story here. chief washington correspondent james rosen has more. >> reporter: jenna, good afternoon. a leading catholic clergy man calling today on catholics to make their voices heard in protest of the latest attempt by the obama administration to insure free contraception for women while respecting religious liberty. at the same time on this network about an hour ago the archbishop of washington hinted there could be a truce albeit a limited truce with the white house if catholic institutions that are self-insured are exempted from the newest hhs ruling. >> we would have to see what that would look like but even if we were to find some satisfactory
the president made a according to mitch mcconnell the fight is far from over. he says the problem is much more than free contraceptives. >> this issue will not go away until the administration simply backs down. they don't have the authority under the first amendment to the united states constitution to tell someone in this country or some organization in this country what their religious beliefs are. jenna: a big story here. chief washington correspondent james rosen has more. >>...
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senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said today the president is completely out of touch on the keystone issue: >> i mean, think about it. at a moment when millions are out of work, gas prices are literally skyrocketing, and the middle east is in turmoil, we've got a president who's up making phone calls, trying to block a pipeline here at home. it's really almost unbelievable. >> reporter: and senator john cornyn of texas spoke as well, saying the president claims he wants to create jobs, but now he's apparently lobbying against the ones that keystone would create, jenna. jenna: you said apparently because there are still reports about that. what does the white house say about the claim that the president is personally lobbying democrats to vote against the keystone project? >> well, the white house is noto has not responded to questions about this report, but as you know, the president wants further environmental study of this controversial pipeline. he claims republicans are playing politics with the issue, but republicans make the same claim. they say the president has his eye on the
senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said today the president is completely out of touch on the keystone issue: >> i mean, think about it. at a moment when millions are out of work, gas prices are literally skyrocketing, and the middle east is in turmoil, we've got a president who's up making phone calls, trying to block a pipeline here at home. it's really almost unbelievable. >> reporter: and senator john cornyn of texas spoke as well, saying the president claims he wants to...
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senate republican leader mitch mcconnell says this upcoming vote is all about election year politics. >> what matters now for democrats is that they find a way to drive a wedge between republicans and a constituency that they're looking to court ahead of the november elections. >> that's what today's vote is all about for them. >> reporter: the procedural vote at noon eastern time, about 30 minutes or so from now, is not expected to meet the 60-vote threshold, and then after that, perhaps negotiations move forward. jon. jon: so is either side actually going to risk letting those interest rates rise on the student loans? >> no, although observers of this congress will tell you that not much gets done until they get to the brink, so to speak, and a lot of republicans say that democrats want headlines saying republicans vote against student loans plan in it this connection near. so for now, leading democrats are going to continue to hammer away. >> they have a much different pay-for than taking it away from cervical cancer and breast screenings, away from the affordable health care act.
senate republican leader mitch mcconnell says this upcoming vote is all about election year politics. >> what matters now for democrats is that they find a way to drive a wedge between republicans and a constituency that they're looking to court ahead of the november elections. >> that's what today's vote is all about for them. >> reporter: the procedural vote at noon eastern time, about 30 minutes or so from now, is not expected to meet the 60-vote threshold, and then after...